360: Sneak Attack

As they delved deeper, the treasures Zhou Luo and the others discovered also increased.

Although these places had various means to restrict them, everyone was in the Foundation Establishment Realm and had various means to deal with them.

Relying on the power brought by the Psychic Stone, Zhou Luo's Divination also became more proficient.

With the help of extremely high accuracy, the progress of the two was also very smooth, and the passages they needed to choose gradually decreased.

Finally, even the caves no longer appeared, replaced by passages leading downwards.

These passages were leading them to the most core area of the entire mountain peak.

Behind them, Qi Chuan, who was following the two, couldn't help but secretly feel fortunate that he had followed.

Otherwise, relying on himself, he probably wouldn't have been able to find the key to breaking the situation so quickly.

The more this was the case, the more he wanted to capture Zhou Luo and bring him back to the Sect for careful study.

Passing through a long corridor, Zhou Luo and Shangguan Qianxue appeared in a small Space.

This Space wasn't large; the surroundings were all smooth rock walls, and only on the ground was a massive pattern arranged with Spirit Stones.

The pattern was complex, with a rich power emerging from it, and these Spirit Stones were also operating smoothly under the pattern, with no power loss.

Zhou Luo, being an Array Master, raised an eyebrow.

This was an extremely complex and massive formation, and its grade was not low; the entire formation operated on its own and could maintain itself for several hundred "Nian" without experiencing power depletion.

Recalling the situations he had encountered along the way, he guessed that this Golden Core True Person should also have been born an Array Master.

"My Senior Brother is an Array Master, I can contact him." Shangguan Qianxue also saw that this was a formation and offered a solution.

"No need, we can try first," Zhou Luo replied.

These words made Shangguan Qianxue feel quite surprised.

In her opinion, given the other party's style of doing things, encountering such a matter, letting others take action was the most correct choice.

This was also a prudent method.

Yet the other party actually refused, could it be that he was confident in solving this Array Formation?

Shangguan Qianxue had doubts in her heart, she held a communication talisman in her right hand, and then quietly put it away again.

She wanted to see just what capabilities the other party possessed.

Zhou Luo stood before that formation, not choosing to expose his array plate in front of Shangguan Qianxue.

This kind of Second Order formation was not something he could break, and the reason he refused the other party's suggestion was naturally because he had other plans.

Immediately, he held the Fuyao Magic Sword in his hand and stepped forward.

As soon as he touched the formation, the surrounding spiritual light suddenly brightened, and then the formation was triggered, Space twisted, and countless light blades attacked from all directions.

Those light blades carried a sharp Aura, fierce and boundless.

Zhou Luo swung the Fuyao Magic Sword, stirring up a sheet of Red Flame.

Whoosh—

Firelight flickered, fierce flames swayed, and the boundless flames surged towards those light blades, dissolving them in an instant with the enhancement of magic power.

And these light blades were just the beginning.

As Zhou Luo continued to advance, the surrounding ground suddenly trembled, followed by countless green bamboo shoots breaking through the soil, blocking his path.

In the blink of an eye, hundreds of bamboo stalks stood horizontally before him, verdant and tough.

Before Zhou Luo could act, those bamboo stalks swayed violently, and countless bamboo leaves fell, like ten thousand arrows shooting out.

Zhou Luo drew his sword to block, while those bamboo stalks seemed to come alive, pressing forward one after another, sweeping towards him.

His figure shifted; while resisting the attacks, he was also avoiding the bamboo stalks' offensives.

Shangguan Qianxue, who saw this scene not far away, was slightly surprised, her beautiful eyes widening.

She had thought the other party had some method to break the Array formation; unexpectedly, it was such a crude method.

Thinking of this, Shangguan Qianxue also followed.

This kind of formation could evolve in countless ways; if she was too far away from the other party, perhaps the other party could use other means to shake her off.

With her taking action, Zhou Luo's pressure was also greatly reduced.

But this was a Second Order formation after all; under the continuous formation attacks, the two moved with difficulty, only able to barely resist.

Just at this moment, Zhou Luo was slightly careless and was attacked by the formation, sending his entire body flying backward, heavily falling to the ground.

Shangguan Qianxue didn't expect things to happen so suddenly; she resisted the attacks and asked aloud.

"Are you alright?"

But there was no response from that side; Zhou Luo seemed to have fallen into a coma.

Fortunately, no attacks fell in that area, otherwise, his body would have long been pierced by the attacks.

Facing the sudden unexpected event, Shangguan Qianxue could only first resist the attacks in front of her and then move closer towards the other party.

Just as she wanted to check on Zhou Luo's condition, she suddenly sensed a sharp Aura coming from behind her.

That Aura was extremely fierce, attacking towards Zhou Luo's direction like lightning.

Facing that sharp Aura, Shangguan Qianxue's expression immediately darkened slightly, and she became vigilant.

At this time, for such an Aura to suddenly appear, it must be an enemy launching a sneak attack.

She was just about to turn around to block, but heard a voice sound.

"I just need to take him away, if you try to stop me, don't blame me for being impolite."

Before the words finished, a Foundation Establishment Middle Stage Aura burst forth, the deep and heavy pressure causing Shangguan Qianxue to frown.

It was precisely at the moment she was distracted that the figure drifted past.

Taking this opportunity, she clearly saw the face of the person who had come, it was precisely Qi Chuan, who had previously traveled with them.

She hadn't expected that he had been following behind them all along, and his target was clear, completely disregarding her.

She gripped the precious sword in her hand, contemplating whether to take action to help.

At this moment, Qi Chuan had already approached; his expression was cold, and he no longer spoke, merely holding a long sword and swinging it out.

Only to see a golden, dazzling, sharp sword Aura rushing towards Zhou Luo; its sharp and swift power caused ripples to appear even in Space.

That sword struck directly at Zhou Luo's legs; although not fatal, it could make him completely lose the ability to resist.

Previously, he had followed the two, and when he wasn't completely confident, he had never chosen to take action.

Just now, he had personally seen Zhou Luo injured by the Array Formation, his Aura weak, so he decisively chose to take action, wanting to take him down while he had the advantage.

Just as that sword light fell, Zhou Luo, who had been motionless, suddenly did a carp jump, his originally weak Aura instantly recovering.

His expression was cold; holding the Fuyao Magic Sword, a seven-colored sword light was generated, cutting through the air, instantly shattering that sword light.

"It really is you!"

Standing there, Zhou Luo said coldly.

Before this, he had already sensed a hint of something wrong.

Encountering this formation now, the reason he didn't choose to have Shangguan Qianxue find someone for help was that he intended to force out the person in the shadows.

It was just that what he hadn't expected was that the one trying to kill him was actually Qi Chuan.

It seemed the other party had already recognized his identity and had just been hiding it before.

Seeing that the other party had done it intentionally, Qi Chuan didn't show much surprise either.

He stood on the ground, his gaze falling upon him, and sneered, "Zhou Luo, you are indeed more resourceful than I imagined, it's just a pity you met me."